The Titanic Flashcards
Describe and explain the differences between the classes on the Titanic (Start off with First Class)
First Class: First class on board Titanic was the ultimate in luxury. It included veranda cafes, a smoking room, restaurant, a dining saloon and a reading and writing room.
What was the second class like?
Most of the second class accommodation on Titanic consisted of cabins with bunk-beds. Each cabin had either two beds or four and in total there was room for around 550 passengers.
What was the third class like?
Third class was much more basic with very few facilities, but passengers still enjoyed a high level of luxury compared to other liners of the day. Cabins slept up to 10 people and were located at the noisy bottom part of the ship. There were only 2 bathrooms.
Who were Harland and Wolff?
The Titanic was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland. About 3 million rivets were used to hold the ship together. When the wreck of the Titanic was discovered in 1985, the rivets were analysed. The investigation showed they were made of poor-quality iron. When the ship struck the iceberg, the heads of rivets snapped off and sections of the ship were torn wide open. Further tests showed the cheap rivets became brittle in extremely low temperatures-just like on the night of 14 April 1912.
